Google, the world’s friendliest search engine, is in the process of negotiating a settlement that will determine how ditigized books are accessed and marketed, which books become digitized, and who stands to profit.

It’s a frightening mess, and The Open Book Alliance is in our court.

See SPD’s blog post of the OBA’s mission statement (incredibly concise and well-crafted) for information about the settlement and its massive flaws. Many thanks to Jeffrey Lependorf for getting the word out.

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